trot out

verb

trotted out; trotting out; trots out

transitive verb

1

: to lead out and show the paces of (a horse)

2

: to bring forward for display or use

trotted out a new excuse

Synonyms

• offer
• give
• run by

Examples of trot out in a Sentence

after no one bought the first explanation, they trotted out another

Recent Examples on the Web

Replacement Is the former second-round pick a better option than what Las Vegas was trotting out under center last season? —Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025

Earlier Thursday morning, Campbell trotted out for the Cardinals’ joint practice with the Broncos. —Luca Evans, Denver Post, 14 Aug. 2025

After last week’s tragic shooting in New York that left four people dead, the same ridiculous fiction is being sold to a gullible public that was trotted out after Sandy Hook, Las Vegas, Parkland, Buffalo and all the others: Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. —Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2025

The same ridiculous fiction is being sold to a gullible public that was trotted out after Sandy Hook, Las Vegas, Parkland, Buffalo and all the others: Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. —New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1836, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for trot out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout